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...lessons which you must learn is that a man of the world is never intolerant. To use an old definition of mine, he is never surprised and never shocked. At the same time, while he recognizes the existence of all sorts of evils, great and small, there is no reason why he should take part in them. He ought to retain as firmly as ever the principles which guide his-own conduct; but he ought so far to conquer his aversion to any particular vices that whenever he meets a new man he can gauge his character...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LETTERS TO A FRESHMAN. | 11/17/1876 | See Source »

...matter will rest here or not, but it is likely, if the Corporation are at all aware of the feeling among the members of the Association, that the request will be complied with; so a change involving the possibility of obtaining a more capable man, may now with some reason be hoped for. The Directors, we understand, although fully convinced that a change was necessary, hesitated somewhat before taking so decided a step. Their delay caused very general dissatisfaction and, considering the number of men who have left the Commons during the last week, it was certainly unfortunate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/17/1876 | See Source »

...taxes upon the property must amount to quite a sum. He expects, no doubt, to be paid an excellent rate of interest upon all this investment, and, judging from the fact that the owner of Little's Block has an annual return of eight per cent, we see no reason to suppose that he will be disappointed. Now, if the College had built such a building upon some of the land lying useless in the yard, what would have been the result? They would have had the land for nothing, paid no taxes on the building, and pocketed at least...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/17/1876 | See Source »

...MORROW our Foot-Ball Team player New Haven. The result of the game players last year with Yale, and the triumphs at Montreal this fall, give every reason to hope that team will add another to its long list of victories. They should remember, however, that the greater the elevation the more severe the fall. Several of our best men are unable to play in this game, and the rest should carefully see to it that victory does not slip through their fingers from inadvertence, or from any too sanguine notion of a "soft thing." To underrate your opponent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/17/1876 | See Source »

...request tendered to Harvard by Trinity, Amherst, Dartmouth, and Williams, to aid in forming a new Boating Association, we cannot entertain. In leaving the American Association we signified as our reasons for so doing, that we wished to be represented in future by an eight-oared crew, and that the number of boats contesting decreased the pleasure and interest in the Association races. The objection to the new association is not only the inconvenient number of contesting boats, but they will row in sixes if not in fours. Had the persons who have the project in hand considered Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/3/1876 | See Source »